Stage 4 : May 08, 2018 Catania - Caltagirone 198 km
1 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Fix All 5.17.34
2 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
3 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo
4 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
5 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott 0.04
7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
10 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+79 Jack Haig
+71 Sander Armee
+69 Cesare Benedetti
+67 Sebastien Reichenbach
+66 Giovanni Visconti
+64 Koen Bouwman
+62 Kenny Elissonde
+62 Hugh Carthy
+62 Giulio Ciccone
+61 Krists Neilands
Biggest losers by position :
-114 Davide Villella
-112 Victor Campenaerts
-111 Niklas Eg
-108 Mads Pedersen
-104 Marco Coledan
-94 Francisco Ventoso
-93 Ryan Mullen
-87 Tony Martin
-85 Jurgen Roelandts
-82 Paolo Simion
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:14 Tim Wellens
+0:10 Michael Woods
+0:08 Enrico Battaglin
+0:04 Simon Yates
+0:04 Davide Formolo
Biggest losers by time :
-16:07 Alex Turrin
-16:07 Eugert Zhupa
-16:07 Giuseppe Fonzi
-16:07 Jakub Mareczko
-16:07 Liam Bertazzo
-16:07 Mads Pedersen
-16:07 Marco Coledan
-16:07 Niklas Eg
-16:07 Paolo Simion
-16:07 Rudiger Selig
-15:28 Quentin Jauregui
Favourites by position :
+45 Wout Poels
+33 Michael Woods
+30 Louis Meintjes
+16 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
+15 Miguel Angel Lopez
+11 George Bennett
+10 Fabio Aru
+8 Thibaut Pinot
+3 Simon Yates
+2 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+2 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Christopher Froome
-63 David de la Cruz
Favourites by time :
+0:10 Michael Woods
+0:04 Simon Yates
-0:06 Wout Poels
-0:06 Louis Meintjes
-0:06 George Bennett
-0:06 Fabio Aru
-0:17 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
-0:17 Miguel Angel Lopez
-0:17 Christopher Froome
-6:40 David de la Cruz
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rohan Dennis 14:23:08 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Simon Yates 0:17 (was 6th at 0:21)
4 Tim Wellens 0:19 (was 14th at 0:33)
5 Pello Bilbao 0:25 (was 5th at 0:19)
6 Maximilian Schachmann 0:28 (was 7th at 0:22)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:28 (was 9th at 0:28)
8 Thibaut Pinot 0:34 (was 16th at 0:34)
9 Patrick Konrad 0:35 (was 17th at 0:35)
10 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 0:35 (was 10th at 0:29)
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14 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 0:47 (was 30th at 0:47)
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18 Michael Woods 0:53 (was 51st at 1:03)
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20 Christopher Froome 0:55 (was 19th at 0:38)
21 George Bennett 0:56 (was 32nd at 0:50)
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24 Fabio Aru 0:57 (was 34th at 0:51)
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26 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 1:03 (was 28th at 0:46)
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30 Miguel Angel Lopez 1:14 (was 45th at 0:57)
31 Louis Meintjes 1:15 (was 61st at 1:09)
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40 Wout Poels 1:37 (was 85th at 1:31)
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99 David de la Cruz 7:33 (was 36th at 0:53)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Elia Viviani 130 (unchanged)
2 Sacha Modolo 55 (unchanged)
3 Jakub Mareczko 53 (unchanged)
4 Sam Bennett 50 (unchanged)
5 Guillaume Boivin 48 (unchanged)
6 Marco Frapporti 40 (was 0 points)
7 Rohan Dennis 32 (was 6th with 32 points)
8 Tim Wellens 25 (was 0 points)
9 Davide Ballerini 20 (was 0 points)
10 Michael Woods 20 (was 35th with 2 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Enrico Barbin 11 (was 0 points)
2 Marco Frapporti 7 (was 0 points)
3 Guillaume Boivin 3 (unchanged)
4 Jacopo Mosca 2 (was 0 points)
5 Davide Ballerini 1 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 4 <<<
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida 1
Total retirements : 2